Example sentences of "[adv] been [verb] for the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although they have only been trading for the last ten years , they continue the tradition of using a water powered mill which started in the 1800s . |
| 2 | Dreams came true in many ways ; some made strokes which had not been played for the last 20 years , others took catches and some ran threes . |
| 3 | The trophy for the ladies open has not been engraved for the last few years . |
| 4 | On 2 February 1799 Parson Woodforde , by then in Norfolk , wrote in his diary : ‘ Such severe weather has not been known for the last sixty years till the present ’ . |
| 5 | Bert Brown , the consortium 's sales and marketing director , said : ‘ It is true that the miners have not been paid for the last seven weeks . |
| 6 | Mail coaches &c. unable to travel … the long continuance of so severe cold Weather having scarce been known for the last Century . |
| 7 | However , it has not officially been published for the last couple of years and the figures shown for 1986/87 are unofficial ones culled from the published NHS annual accounts ( DHSS , 1988 ) . |